How Labour Squanders Your Money

[retrocop]

Would you want to see your hard earned Wonga being used by your Council to promote this nonsense? Did Hounslow Council give their Council Tax payers a say in the matter?

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/council-spends-nearly-50-000-191554556.html

[tomus42]

Oh dear, that's terrible.

[david small]

They don’t care, and we don’t care enough.

[jno]

it's been under discussion for four years, so yes. And awful as it seems that blind people can't distinguish the crossings, the council chose ones that already have audible signals, for this very reason.

[naomi24]

No.

[Hymie]

This is absolutely a drop in the ocean compared to Labour’s Croydon Council, which effectively went bust (into administration) with debts of over £1 billion.

[LadyCG]

Dear God.

[rowanwitch]

Don't they realise things like this increase the hostility minorities; in this case the lgbt+ community, face from ordinary people and members of that community too who object to their money being wasted, fly a flag for heaven's sake but don't invent a need for demonstrations of awareness and solidarity when it just irritates the sh## out of people.

[sddsddean]

I wonder if they are actually breaking the law, as that sort of road marking is not in Chapters 1 or 8 of The Specification for Highway Works.

[Old_Geezer]

I am informed that the fire brigade here are wasting money in rainbow LGBTQQIP2SAA+ type nonsense. All this type of waste should be investigated, people removed from roles they clearly can't handle, and an effort made to recover costs from those responsible.

[retrocop]

Good point sddsddean
The Road Traffic Regulation Act defines how a crossing should be marked and constructed and this rainbow crossing does not appear to comply with the RTRA's fomat.
TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS TO INDICATE ZEBRA CROSSINGS AND ZEBRA CONTROLLED AREAS
PART I
TRAFFIC SIGNS
1.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule the traffic signs which are to be placed at or near a Zebra crossing for the purpose of indicating it shall consist of globes each of which is—

(a)coloured yellow or fluorescent yellow;
(b)not less than 275 nor more than 335 mm in diameter;
(c)illuminated by a flashing light or, where the Secretary of State so authorises in writing in relation to a particular crossing a constant steady light; and
(d)mounted on a post or bracket so that the lowest part of a globe is not less than 2.1 metres nor more than 3.1 metres above the surface of the ground immediately beneath it.
(2) One globe shall be placed at each end of the crossing and, if there is a refuge for pedestrians or central reservation on the crossing, one or more globes may, if the traffic authority thinks fit, be placed on the refuge or central reservation.

2. Where a globe is mounted on or attached to a post, whether or not specially provided for the purpose—

(a)the post shall be coloured in alternate black and white bands, the lowest band being coloured black;
(b)the bands shall be not less than 275 mm nor more than 335 mm wide except that the lowest band may be up to 1 metre wide; and
(c)the post may be internally illuminated.
3. A globe or the post on which it is mounted may be fitted with all or any of the following—

(a)a backing board or other device designed to improve the conspicuousness of the globe;
(b)a shield or other device designed to prevent or reduce light shining into adjacent premises;
(c)a light to illuminate the crossing.
4. A crossing shall not be taken to have ceased to be indicated in accordance with this Part of this Schedule by reason only of—

(a)the imperfection, disfigurement or discolouration of any globe or post, or
(b)the failure of illumination of any of the globes.
5. Nothing in this Part of this Schedule shall be taken to restrict regulation 8 or 9.

PART II
ROAD MARKINGS
Road markings
6. Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule—

(a)within the limits of a Zebra crossing the carriageway shall be marked with a series of alternate black and white stripes;
(b)the Zebra controlled areas shall be marked with give-way lines, a line of studs and zig-zag lines,
of the size and type, and generally in the manner, shown in the diagram at the end of this Part of this Schedule.

Number of studs and stripes
7. The number of studs and stripes may be varied.

Limits of the crossing
8.—(1) If it provides a reasonable contrast with the white stripes, the colour of the surface of the carriageway may be used to indicate the stripes shown coloured black in the diagram.

(2) The white stripes may be illuminated by retroreflecting material.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) each black and each white stripe shall be of the same size and not less than 500 mm nor more than 715 mm wide as measured across the carriageway.

(4) The first stripe at each end may be up to 1300 mm wide and, if the traffic authority consider it appropriate in relation to a particular crossing having regard to the layout of the carriageway or other special circumstances, the other stripes may be not less than 380 mm nor more than 840 mm wide as measured across the carriageway.

Studs
9.—(1) The studs may be omitted altogether.

(2) If studs are provided—

(a)they shall be coloured white, silver or light grey;
(b)they shall be either—
(i)circular in shape with a diameter of not less than 95 mm nor more than 110 mm; or
(ii)square in shape with each side not less than 95 mm nor more than 110 mm long;
(c)they may illuminated by retroreflecting material;
(d)if they consist of a device fixed to the carria

[ToraToraTora]

yep all pretty standard stuff from the trobiscites.

[237SJ]

Richmond council did that in Richmond and Twickenham a few years ago. Now the colour is coming away in patches and it looks a mess.

[webbo3]

We have one in Bristol, another Labour council.

[bazwillrun]

https://secretldn.com/herne-hill-rainbow-crossing/

Nothing new...road outside main entrance to Brockwell Park, Herne Hill...they wasted money on the same garbage a few years ago..utter disgrace

[Mozz71]

You would've thought that the £50,000 could've gone on something more beneficial for the local community, such as weeding out the prejudiced coppers and untrustworthy politicians.

[Spungle]

When the Labour Council spends £ 50k on that nonsense, it doesn't take too much weeding to see who the bent ones are.

[Mozz71]

I'm not sure "bent ones" is the best choice of words while describing a LGBT rainbow crossing :D

[perseverer]

Retrocop - It's not a zebra crossing, so not sure what rules apply for the road markings.

And can someone tell me what exactly a trobiscite is (I get the first 4 letters.)

[KristalBee]

Our council spent thousands on painting ‘thank you NHS’ on the local main roads during Covid. Now they are striking and it looks idiotic.

[Old_Geezer]

Naw, it just looks sarcastic.